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Boserup Theory

  • Food vs Total Population
  • Opposite of Malthu's theory:
  • Food: 1....2....3
  • Pop: 1....2....4
  • Population increase stimulates food productivity
  • Increases in workforce, machinery, and fertilizers
  • Improved methods of farming
  • " Necessity is the mother of invention"

Impact in today's world

Bibliography

  • Both Malthu's and Boserups theories are correct
  • Boserup:Development of technology in LDCs
  • Malthus: Africa

Ester Boserup

"Esther Boserup." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Feb. 2014. Web. 09 Mar. 2014.

"Irene Tinker." Irene Tinker RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.

"Malthus vs. Boserup." Referaty.sk -. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2014.

"Thomas Malthus vs Ester Boserup." Prezi.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2014.

http://irenetinker.com/publications-and-presentations/ester-boserup

Biography

  • Born May 18 1910 in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Attended University of Copenhagen
  • Studied economic and agricultural development
  • Obtained a degree in theoretical economics
  • Married Mogens Boserup
  • She had three children
  • Died on September 24 1999

Relationship to AP Human Geography

Accomplishments

  • Worked at UN
  • Wrote "The Conditions of Agricultural Growth: The Economics of Agrarian Change under Population Pressure"
  • Wrote "Womens Role in Economic Development"
  • Agriculture:
  • Green Revolution- Slash and Burn, leaving land fallow, genetically modified seeds, fertilizers
  • Technology

Ester Boserup

By: Anna Edouard and Kristine Diaz

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